NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Apr 15, 2015) - Institutional Investor magazine announces the honorees and award winners for the 6th Annual U.S. Investment Management Awards. Henry Kravis is the recipient of the Money Management Lifetime Achievement Award and Sandy Urie takes home the Investor Lifetime Achievement Award. Other honorees include Money Manager of the Year co-winners Howard Marks and Bruce Karsh of Oaktree Capital Management. This year's inaugural innovation awards go to Eaton Vance Management, for innovation in exchange-traded funds and Neuberger Berman, for innovation in alternative mutual funds. Institutional Investor also announces awards for excellence in eight investor categories for endowments, foundations, corporations and public pension plans and more than 39 investment categories.
The awards program recognizes U.S. institutional investors whose innovative strategies and fiduciary savvy resulted in impressive returns in 2014, as well as U.S. money managers who stood out in the eyes of the investor community for their exceptional performance, risk management and service.
All of this year's winners will be honored and awarded at a dinner and ceremony on Thursday, May 14, 2015, at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City.
Please visit the awards web site for additional information: www.usinvestmentawards.com .
2015 Investor Award Winners
Large Public Pension: Jagdeep Bachher, Chief Investment Officer University of California Regents
Small Public Pension: Fadi BouSamra, CIO Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County Employee Benefit System
Large Foundation: Sean Wischmeier, CIO Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies
Small Foundation: Clara Miller President F. B. Heron Foundation
Large Endowment: Mark Schmid, CIO University of Chicago
Small Endowment: Jason Matz, CIO Carleton College
Large Corporate Pension: Greg Williamson, CIO BP Americas
Small Corporate Pension: Marie Pillai, CIO General Mills
2015 Winning Investment Managers by Category
Large-Cap Core Equity : Select Equity Group
Large-Cap Growth Equity: Sands Capital Mgmt
Large-Cap Value Equity: Brandywine Global Investment Management
Midcap Core Equity: The Boston Company Asset Management
Midcap Growth Equity: T. Rowe Price Group
Midcap Value Equity: Wells Capital Management
Small-Cap Core Equity: J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Small-Cap Growth Equity: William Blair Investment Management
Small-Cap Value Equity: J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Core Fixed Income: Western Asset Management
Core Plus Fixed Income: Guggenheim Investments
High Yield fixed income: Loomis, Sayles & Co.
Cash Management & Enhanced Cash Management: Manulife Asset Management
Short-Term Fixed Income: John Hancock Investments
Intermediate-Term Fixed Income: Garcia Hamilton & Associates
Long-Term Fixed Income: Pacific Investment Management Co.
Corporate Fixed Income: Voya Investment Management
Floating-Rate Bank Loan Fixed Income: Beach Point Capital Management
Government Fixed Income: Vanguard Group
Mortgage-backed Fixed Income: DoubleLine Capital
Municipal Fixed Income: MacKay Shields
Liability-Driven Investments: NISA Investment Advisors
ACWI Ex U.S. Equity: Lazard Asset Management
EAFE Equity: Artisan Partners
Emerging-Markets Equity: Mondrian Investment Partners
Frontier Markets: Harding Loevner
Global Core Equity: Thornburg Investment Management
Global Growth Equity: Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Global Value Equity Acadian Asset Management
Emerging-Markets Fixed Income: Ashmore Group
Global Fixed Income: Stone Harbor Investment Partners
Global Unconstrained: BlackRock
Global Balanced/Tactical Asset Allocation: PineBridge Investments
Funds of Hedge Funds: Blackstone Alternative Asset Management
Hedge Funds: Glenview Capital Management
Infrastructure: Global Infrastructure Partners
Private equity: KKR
Real Estate Investment Trusts: CBRE Clarion
Venture Capital: Andreessen Horowitz
For information on attending or sponsoring the 2015 awards dinner, please contact:
Mark Lee, mlee@institutionalinvestor.com , 212-224-3140,
Doug Campbell, dcampbell@institutionalinvestor.com , 212-224-3299,
Mike Feinberg, mfeinberg@institutionalinvestor.com , 212-224-3320,
Joy DeSanto, jdesanto@institutionalinvestor.com , 212-224-3348 or
Patricia Bertucci, pbertucci@institutionalinvestor.com , 212-224-3890
Please visit the awards web site for additional information: www.usinvestmentawards.com
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About the U.S. Investment Management Awards
Institutional Investor magazine's U.S. Investment Management Awards recognizes U.S. institutional investors for their innovative strategies, fiduciary savvy and impressive short and long-term returns, as well as U.S. money managers in more than 39 asset classes and strategies who stood out in the eyes of the investor community for their exceptional performance, risk management and service. Investor award winners were chosen by the editorial staff of Institutional Investor magazine based on their market intelligence, performance data and additional information received from the industry following a public call for nominations. Manager winners were selected by the editors of the magazine based on the results of a survey of U.S. institutional investors. www.usinvestmentawards.com
Contact: Michael Peltz Editor Institutional Investor mpeltz@institutionalinvestor.com
